Monster Hunter: World is currently enjoying high player numbers on Steam and makes sure everyone knows it. A bug causes the message “Your friend is playing Monster Hunter: World” to pop up for some players almost every minute.
Despite the good start, the Steam version of MHW is struggling with some issues. The PC controls are not optimal and player PCs suffer from high CPU load.
In comparison, the new bug is quite small but extremely annoying.
“Your friend is playing Monster Hunter: World”
What does the bug do? On Steam, players can get notifications when their friends play different games. Normally, this message is displayed only once at launch.
However, for some “Monster Hunter: World” players, this notification appears every 30 to 60 seconds, as if the player is having connection issues and keeps trying to log in.
The cause of the issue has not yet been determined. Capcom has also not released a patch to fix the bug.
How to end the annoying Steam spam about Monster Hunter World
How can you fix the issue? The temporary solution to the problem is relatively simple. To stop the flood of messages, you need to go into your Steam settings and friend list settings.
There, you need to uncheck the box “When a friend joins a game” and voilà, the spam is gone.
This is just a workaround until Capcom releases a fix. You don’t have to panic and delete your friends on Steam directly, like our dear colleague Patrick.
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